Digital health is considered a promising solution in keeping healthcare accessible and affordable. However, implementation is often complex and sustainable funding schemes are lacking. Despite supporting policy, scaling up innovative forms of healthcare progresses much slower than intended in Dutch national …

De muziekvereniging is dé plek voor intergenerationele ontmoetingen. Kinderen en (oudere) volwassenen spelen door het hele land samen in orkesten. Dit onderzoek onderbouwt de sociaalmaatschappelijke waarde van muziekverenigingen en wat verenigingen kunnen doen om nog leeftijdsvriendelijker te worden …

Het doel van het onderzoek was om inzicht te krijgen in de ervaringen van een trainer en spelers tijdens de training. Trainers van sportverenigingen hebben namelijk een belangrijke verantwoordelijkheid voor het welzijn van de spelers. De resultaten van dit onderzoek kunnen gebruikt worden bij de professionalisering …

Simultaneous practices in developing eHealth: the patient journey as outcome and innovative instrument with participation of care professionals in the analysis. This study describes the development of a patient journey in collaboration with healthcare professionals, how to involve the professional in …

Infectious diseases are a severe threat to human health. We believe that smartphones may be used as a valuable non-pharmaceutical tool to fight epidemics. We designed and evaluated the capability to fight epidemics with smartphones. This is the abstract of one of the oral presentations of the International …

Rehabilitation after an accident in which an arm or hand is paralyzed, is a long process. Stimulate the brain during this process is important to improve recovery. A common therapy to help patients, is mirror therapy. Originally designed to help people with phantom limb pain it activates mirror neurons …

Walking is something that most of us do every day. From the moment we set our first steps we perfect this skill until it eventually becomes an automatic walking pattern. However, due to injury, illness, or disease, someone might lose control over this automated task. When this happens, physical therapy …

Rehabilitation after an accident in which an arm or hand is paralyzed, is a long process. Stimulate the brain during this process is important to improve recovery. A common therapy to help patients, is mirror therapy. Originally designed for people with phantom limb pain it activates mirror neurons to …

Mirror therapy is a common therapy to help patients recover after an accident in which an arm or hand is paralyzed. It activates mirror neurons and fools the brain into perceiving the paralyzed arm or hand is still moving. This stimulates the brain which is an important aspect to improve recovery. A …

Virtual Reality (VR) can bridge the gap between theoretical educative materials and complex real-life situations that ambulance nurses face in practice⁠. The ability to simulate scenarios from a compelling caregiver perspective offers a powerful learning method⁠. We aim to contribute to the training …